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SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

0.91 EUR = 1 USD

€59,516 EUR

$65,731 USD

Dublin

€63,013 EUR

€38,028 EUR

$42,000 USD

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Average Salary / Ireland

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Average salary in Ireland is €59,516 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €38,028 EUR. All data are based on 1,670 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €63,743 EUR. Women receive a salary of €51,882 EUR.

The most paid careers are Health Care & Medical with average income €89,277 EUR and Engineers & Technicians III with income €85,746 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €88,371 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €65,735 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €85,383 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €79,226 EUR.

Levels / Ireland (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	4	100% 0.24%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	12	99.76% 0.72%
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	49	99.04% 2.93%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	76	96.11% 4.55%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	134	91.56% 8.02%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	143	83.53% 8.56%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	147	74.97% 8.8%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	135	66.17% 8.08%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	144	58.08% 8.62%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	86	49.46% 5.15%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	93	44.31% 5.57%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	100	38.74% 5.99%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	76	32.75% 4.55%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	57	28.2% 3.41%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	63	24.79% 3.77%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	51	21.02% 3.05%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	37	17.96% 2.22%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	37	15.75% 2.22%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	25	13.53% 1.5%
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	28	12.04% 1.68%
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	23	10.36% 1.38%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	10	8.98% 0.6%
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	24	8.38% 1.44%
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	12	6.95% 0.72%
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	13	6.23% 0.78%
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	14	5.45% 0.84%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	6	4.61% 0.36%
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	11	4.25% 0.66%
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	6	3.59% 0.36%
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	13	3.23% 0.78%
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	3	2.46% 0.18%
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	7	2.28% 0.42%
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	5	1.86% 0.3%
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	5	1.56% 0.3%
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	5	1.26% 0.3%
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	1	0.96% 0.06%
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	1	0.9% 0.06%
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	2	0.84% 0.12%
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	12	0.72% 0.72%

Gender / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	877	€63,743 EUR
2	Women	387	€51,882 EUR

Education / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	60	€88,371 EUR
2	Masters Degree	439	€65,735 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	746	€59,035 EUR
4	Some College	285	€51,067 EUR
5	High School	129	€48,351 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	11	€37,032 EUR

Experience / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	184	€85,383 EUR
2	16-20 Years	143	€79,226 EUR
3	12-16 Years	169	€69,629 EUR
4	8-12 Years	283	€65,011 EUR
5	4-8 Years	357	€54,779 EUR
6	2-4 Years	256	€45,091 EUR
7	1-2 Years	135	€40,745 EUR
8	0-1 Year	143	€39,024 EUR

Age / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	20	€90,092 EUR
2	61-65	7	€85,112 EUR
3	46-50	96	€83,301 EUR
4	51-55	52	€81,218 EUR
5	41-45	139	€75,786 EUR
6	36-40	207	€67,274 EUR
7	31-35	274	€59,488 EUR
8	n/a	406	€57,677 EUR
9	71-75	1	€51,610 EUR
10	26-30	301	€48,351 EUR
11	21-25	149	€36,851 EUR
12	14-20	17	€30,604 EUR
13	66-70	1	€22,002 EUR

Work Type / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	45	€70,806 EUR
2	Permanent	1,432	€60,846 EUR
3	Contract	157	€50,161 EUR
4	Part Time	36	€32,143 EUR

Cities / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Dublin	1,083	€63,019 EUR
2	Limerick	89	€55,141 EUR
3	Cork	199	€54,598 EUR
4	--Other--	187	€52,697 EUR
5	Galway	112	€49,347 EUR

Career Groups / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Health Care & Medical	42	€89,277 EUR
2	Engineers & Technicians III	3	€85,746 EUR
3	Management & Business	157	€85,655 EUR
4	Engineers & Technicians V	22	€73,431 EUR
5	Military	3	€70,353 EUR
6	IT & Programming II	144	€66,369 EUR
7	IT & Programming	201	€65,554 EUR
8	Human Resources	70	€62,747 EUR
9	Health Care & Medical II	55	€61,117 EUR
10	Finance & Banking	93	€60,936 EUR
11	Insurance	34	€60,212 EUR
12	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	88	€59,125 EUR
13	Aviation & Shipping	15	€58,763 EUR
14	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	€57,224 EUR
15	Construction & Labor Workers	32	€56,771 EUR
16	Law	18	€55,232 EUR
17	Education & University	65	€55,141 EUR
18	Public Sector	34	€54,689 EUR
19	Engineers & Technicians	103	€54,236 EUR
20	Engineers & Technicians IV	18	€52,697 EUR
21	Agriculture & Fishing	9	€51,520 EUR
22	Properties & Real Estates	5	€51,520 EUR
23	Accounting & Administration	148	€50,071 EUR
24	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	30	€48,984 EUR
25	Architect Constructions	16	€47,445 EUR
26	Media	19	€47,264 EUR
27	Salesmen & Saleswomen	42	€47,173 EUR
28	Fashion	2	€45,996 EUR
29	Engineers & Technicians II	12	€42,737 EUR
30	Making Design	27	€41,741 EUR
31	Organization & Coordination	18	€41,469 EUR
32	Logistics, Road, Railway	20	€39,387 EUR
33	Sports & Recreation	9	€38,572 EUR
34	Hotels & Tourism	32	€37,304 EUR
35	Geography & Geodesy	1	€36,399 EUR
36	Customer Services	48	€35,674 EUR
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	27	€34,497 EUR
38	Security & Fireguard	2	€28,702 EUR
39	Automobile	2	€23,722 EUR
40	Archaeology & History	1	€22,183 EUR

Careers / Ireland (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	20	€122,145 EUR
2	General Manager	13	€115,625 EUR
3	Business Manager	11	€110,102 EUR
4	Doctor	10	€105,032 EUR
5	Engineering Manager	9	€93,080 EUR
6	Sales Manager	9	€88,915 EUR
7	IT Manager	28	€87,466 EUR
8	Operations Manager	10	€86,017 EUR
9	IT Project Manager	31	€82,305 EUR
10	Manager	23	€81,943 EUR
11	Human Resources Manager	21	€81,671 EUR
12	Other Engineer Career	16	€76,782 EUR
13	Chartered Accountant	18	€73,884 EUR
14	Lecturer	13	€72,436 EUR
15	Lead Developer	10	€72,436 EUR
16	.NET Developer	15	€69,991 EUR
17	Software Engineer	29	€69,266 EUR
18	Other Human Resource Career	11	€68,633 EUR
19	Other IT Career	21	€68,361 EUR
20	Life Insurance	8	€66,007 EUR
21	Project Manager	18	€65,645 EUR
22	Business Development Manager	15	€64,830 EUR
23	Senior Accountant	11	€64,830 EUR
24	Security Specialist	13	€64,558 EUR
25	Computer Engineer	14	€61,932 EUR
26	Inside Sales	10	€61,842 EUR
27	Human Resource	14	€59,216 EUR
28	Pharmacist	9	€58,582 EUR
29	Java Developer	8	€58,582 EUR
30	System Analyst	10	€57,767 EUR
31	Marketing Manager	10	€57,224 EUR
32	Accountant	24	€56,771 EUR
33	Database Administrator	10	€55,685 EUR
34	Other Public Sector Career	23	€54,508 EUR
35	Software Developer	46	€54,055 EUR
36	Salesmen or Saleswomen	20	€53,693 EUR
37	Electrical Engineer	8	€53,240 EUR
38	Other Medical Career	17	€52,968 EUR
39	Financial Analyst	17	€52,063 EUR
40	Other Finance Career	21	€51,429 EUR
41	Civil Engineer	16	€51,067 EUR
42	Engineer	31	€50,976 EUR
43	Risk Analyst	14	€50,252 EUR
44	Sales	8	€47,898 EUR
45	IT Coordinator	10	€46,449 EUR
46	Hotel Manager	12	€45,725 EUR
47	Technician	13	€45,091 EUR
48	Customer Service Manager	9	€42,193 EUR
49	Mechanical Engineer	16	€42,103 EUR
50	Other Tourism Career	9	€40,201 EUR
51	Graphic Designer	11	€39,205 EUR
52	Architect	11	€38,934 EUR
53	Human Resource Coordinator	8	€38,843 EUR
54	Customer Consultant	9	€32,777 EUR
55	Other Education Career	10	€32,686 EUR
56	Office Administrator	13	€30,423 EUR
57	Call Center	13	€29,698 EUR
58	Trainee Accountant	8	€22,455 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Hr Director

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€126,000 EUR

Agri Retail Store Manager

Posted 18 May 2023

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€35,900 EUR

Senior Electrical Engineer

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€63,400 EUR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€104,100 EUR

Head Of Operations

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategic Planning, Resource allocation, finance and fundraising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€67,300 EUR

Forestry Worker

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Forestry maintenance and tree planting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€24,700 EUR

Head Of Eu

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Network development, Sales, Marketing, BP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€134,600 EUR

Group Marketing Manager

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"General Marketing Management, Marketing Communications etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€56,000 EUR

Hr Director

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR consultant, coach, employment law, employee relations, industrial relations, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	€102,700 EUR

Senior Automation Engineer

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€65,400 EUR

Civil Engineer

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€60,200 EUR

Office Manager/bookkeeper

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Various bookkeeping packages, payroll, vat returns."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	€34,700 EUR

Investigation Specialist

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investigate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€27,400 EUR

Teacher

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€37,100 EUR

Finance Manager

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control and Manage the companies accounts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€60,000 EUR

Senior Product Manager

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Agile software development, digital transformation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€81,900 EUR

Chief Executive

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategic leadership, finance, management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€100,000 EUR

Senior Cloud Engineer

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"AWS and automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€76,200 EUR

Customer Service Administrator

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Taking calls
Processing orders using SAP ERP
Managing complains
Help the logistic department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€36,600 EUR

Phd Student

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conduct novel scientific research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€17,600 EUR

Risk Manager

Posted 17 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Enterprise Risk and ESG Development and Management for Software Organisation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€63,300 EUR

Back Office Agent

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Workign cases in back office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€33,100 EUR

Technical Support Engineer

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Server troubleshooting, customer service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€39,900 EUR

Staff Swe

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SWE work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€109,000 EUR

Design Engineer

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Formwork and Shoring design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€41,300 EUR

Solutions Consultant

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Troubleshoot problems / issues / bugs of software implementations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€63,500 EUR

It Support Engineer

Posted 28 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tech Support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	0-1 Year	Advanced	€23,600 EUR

Group Treasury Analyst

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Treasury activities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€49,200 EUR

Business Analyst

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Process mapping
gathering requirements
project management etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€118,200 EUR

Payroll Compliance

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk assessment for payroll practices, statutory requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	€59,100 EUR

Devops

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SRE, Devops."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€66,000 EUR

Structural Engineer

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Buildings."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€41,900 EUR

Seo Specialist

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Seo, keywords."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€46,200 EUR

Office Administrator

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management of office facilities of all aspects and liaising with relevant suppliers
Administration of accounts including accounts payable, expenses tracking, VAT returns, monthly bank reconciliation, etc. 
Project and tender proposal administration on EU project submissions
Liaises with the company accountant and provides support for audit processes
Management of travel and accommodation for all staff, including booking flights, accommodation and other travel requirements 
Acts as Personal Assistant to the Directors, as required 
Provides general administrative support to the team, as required."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€30,800 EUR

Student Site Engineer

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quality assurance, 
Setting out, 
Managing tasks and site documentation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€32,000 EUR

Intern

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SORT OUT ACCOUNTS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€21,600 EUR

System Specialist

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SCCM, SCOM, PowerShell, SQL, SIEM, WINDOWS SERVER. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	€82,100 EUR

Voice Picker

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Collect products from warehouse and preparing them fro dispatch."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€25,100 EUR

Database Administrator

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Aws mysql."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€71,900 EUR

Rural Social Scheme Supervisor

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervision of work sites/projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	High School	12-16 Years	Intermediate	€35,900 EUR

Social Media Specialist

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"None entry level."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cork	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€30,100 EUR

Heakthcare Assistant

Posted 13 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assist nurses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	High School	1-2 Years	Advanced	€33,900 EUR

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Posted 11 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€79,000 EUR

Technician Grade 1

Posted 10 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Surveying, monitoring construction works."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limerick	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	€45,500 EUR

Business Process Analyst

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Visio."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€32,800 EUR

Financial Controller

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Monthly reporting; financial analysis; payroll; taxes filing; company secretarial filing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€87,300 EUR

Cloud Software Engineer

Posted 03 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€77,000 EUR

Trade & Investment

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Trade & Investment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dublin	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€91,300 EUR

Health Economics

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€28,400 EUR

Administrator

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Variety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Galway	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€27,400 EUR

ECONOMY / Ireland

Average salary for Software Engineer/Developer in Ireland is from around €35,000 to €60,000 per annual. Project Manager earn from around €50,000 to €70,000. Office administrator earn around €26,000 on average per year.

Bigger companies in Ireland usually pay better than smaller ones (from employees is usually expected to work additional hours). For some similar job you can expect to earn 30 per cent more if the company has over 500 employee.

The best paid managers are in production and manufacturing, followed by those in IT. Also good paid are administration, marketing, finance, accounting, and finally HR.